As consumer interest in the origins and production of food continues to grow, the campaign will build trust in the nation’s agricultural sector, by highlighting the environmentally friendlier ...

Over three-quarters of farms in England and Scotland of 50 ha (124 acres) or more in size will be affected by the changes to Inheritance Tax, a new independent analysis from AHDB shows. We have ...

KPIs are a set of figures that help you manage your farm by showing, at a glance, which areas are performing well and those that need to be reviewed. We’ve simplified the available on-farm measures ...

Managing ewes correctly throughout the year is vital for generating the highest possible output from any sheep enterprise. Farmbench figures show that the most profitable flocks rear the highest value ...

Welcome to our free, award-winning Meat Education Programme. Designed for butchers, chefs and anybody in between, our practical butchery and theory training modules cover beef, lamb and pork cuts, ...

Widely present in many horticultural and arable fields, slugs can damage crops all year round. With impacts on yield and/or quality potentially severe, it is important to suppress populations of these ...

Optimising fertility is critical to the success of any suckler herd. Nutrition, health and genetics all play a part. This manual will help farmers to understand more about optimising the suckler herd.

The main economic loss from yellow rust is in wheat. The disease does occur in barley but it is rare due to effective varietal resistance. The disease is most important in the East, although infection ...

Measuring grass is a crucial part of rotational grazing systems as it allows for planning and allocation of grass to stock. There are many reliable ways to measure the amount of grass available in ...

To aid weed identification, our guidance features photographs of each weed at four growth stages – capturing the most striking features. It also provides details of the weeds’ life cycle and its ...

Porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus (PEDv) is a coronavirus that infects the cells lining the small intestine of a pig, resulting in severe diarrhoea and dehydration. In older pigs, the disease is less ...